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Earlier I have written on how Kung Fu Panda 2 is choc-full and dripping with symbolism. To recap: Yin-Yang symbolismDragon-Phoenix symbolism -- this one with the help of the great ~Envytheskunk (https://www.deviantart.com/envytheskunk) Envytheskunk (https://www.deviantart.com/envytheskunk) But of course, those are what I -- or other TiPo shippers -- personally want to see, aren't they? Or, in other words, symbolisms we see because we want to see. Very well, let us then divert our attention to what people working in the cartoon/animation industry have to think. A tumblr blogger who goes by the handle of "itsfreakinkungfupanda" and claims that he/she write cartoon screenplay (notice the present tense there) wrote that

Hurts ... it hurts so bad ... but I'm glad ... he's safe ... "Tigress?" That voice ... he's safe ... What ... what's this ... someone ... holding my hand? Is it ... him? Must ... open eyes ... Yes! It's him! He's safe! I'm ... glad ... Darkness ... I feel like I'm floating ... away ... from him ... What's going on? ... Must ... wake ... No! Please ... don't go ... don't leave ... ... don't leave me ...

Kung Fu is unarguably something totally Oriental in origin. Plus, in the making of the movie, DreamWorks had been very considerate of Chinese culture (to the point that Chinese filmmakers lamented, how come _western_ filmmakers catch Chinese culture so beautifully... but I digress). Therefore, let us take a moment to view KFP & KFP2 in the pretense of one of the basic Chinese (i.e., Taoism) belief system: The Yin-Yang balance. The "Yin" force is usually depicted as a tiger. A female tiger, to be precise. In Chinese martial arts, the ‘Tiger Style’ is based on memorization of techniques and brute strength. Tiger fights in a s